Back in the saddle again!

Horses??  No way, not me!  Sewing of course!  

Yesterday I was in the middle of a project - Sewing, ironing, sewing, ironing and so on - when the inexplicable happened.  

I went to sew a strip of fabric and the darn thing was going in reverse.  I thought I was crazy at first, so I tried again, and then again, but it was still sewing in reverse (whew, not crazy!).  So I held down the reverse lever to see if it had mysteriously switched placed with forward, still sewed in reverse!?!  

After many Google searches and a tear down, E. and I were staring, yes blankly, at the guts of my machine.  We fiddled and poked for awhile, okay I was the one fiddling and poking, he was analyzing and inspecting. 

After a couple hours I was chomping at the bit to buy a new machine and it was late so we threw in the towel for the night. Zzzzzzzz

The next morning I reassembled the machine, mostly so I could get the mess out of my kitchen.  Then E. came over pushed a button or a lever or whatever miracle was performed, and poof the feed dogs were moving in the right direction.  

There was a small celebration which included jumping up and down excitedly, and then back to work.  

But before I put my project in the machine I thought I should experiment with a test piece, and boy am I glad I did!  The stitches seemed to have a mind of their own.  The regular old stitch was sewing a stretch stitch. Strange you say?  Not really, remember I said I was the one that reassembled it??  I installed the stitch selector knob upside down!  Ohh well for now, it's back up and running!  

Thank you dear Hub-E.!!

So, here is what I was able to finish:

This apron is for my niece, she turns eight today! Happy Birthday Megan!!

Holly.Rae.